Comparing the racial diversity of the journalists | ||||||||||
at America's daily newspapers | ||||||||||
with the communities that they serve | ||||||||||
Newsroom diversity report for | ||||||||||
The Mining Journal, Marquette | ||||||||||
Marquette, Michigan | ||||||||||
Owner: Ogden Newspapers (W.V.) | ||||||||||
From a report for the Knight Foundation | ||||||||||
by Bill Dedman and Stephen K. Doig, June 2005 | ||||||||||
Click here to read the national report or to select another newspaper | ||||||||||
Year | Non-white % of newsroom staff | |||||||||
2005 | Did not report | |||||||||
2004 | Did not report | |||||||||
2003 | Did not report | |||||||||
2002 | Did not report | |||||||||
2001 | Did not report | |||||||||
2000 | Did not report | |||||||||
1999 | Did not report | |||||||||
1998 | Did not report | |||||||||
1997 | Did not report | |||||||||
1996 | 5.0 | |||||||||
1995 | 0.0 | |||||||||
1994 | Did not report | |||||||||
1993 | Did not report | |||||||||
1992 | Did not report | |||||||||
1991 | Did not report | |||||||||
1990 | Did not report | |||||||||
The latest year at peak is | 1996 | |||||||||
See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures. | ||||||||||
Newsroom Diversity Index | ||||||||||
for The Mining Journal, Marquette | ||||||||||
Year | Non-white % of newsroom staff | Non-white % of circulation area | Newsroom Diversity Index (parity=100) | |||||||
2005 | N/A | 7.8 | N/A | |||||||
2004 | N/A | 7.8 | N/A | |||||||
How the index is calculated | ||||||||||
The Newsroom Diversity Index is the non-white percentage of the newsroom staff | ||||||||||
divided by the non-white percentage of residents in the circulation area. | ||||||||||
(Parity = 100.) | ||||||||||
Company index | ||||||||||
This newspaper's owner, Ogden Newspapers (W.V.), | ||||||||||
has a companywide, circulation-weighted Diversity Index of 12. | ||||||||||
See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures. | ||||||||||
Peer group comparison | ||||||||||
for The Mining Journal, Marquette | ||||||||||
This paper | ||||||||||
Peer group | ||||||||||
The median Diversity Index is 33 for all newspapers | ||||||||||
reporting in this circulation category of 10,001 to 25,000 daily sales. | ||||||||||
An example of a newspaper of similar circulation, in an area of similar level of non-white residents, but one that has a relatively high Diversity Index, is The Herald, Sharon, Pennsylvania, with a 8 percent non-white staff in a community that is 7.3 percent non-white. Its index is 110. | ||||||||||
FYI, in circulation, this newspaper's average weekday circulation of | ||||||||||
approximately 14,963 ranks 611 out of 1,410 daily newspapers in the US. | ||||||||||
See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures. | ||||||||||
Details on race/ethnicity | ||||||||||
in the circulation area | ||||||||||
and the home county | ||||||||||
of The Mining Journal, Marquette | ||||||||||
Circulation area | ||||||||||
Race/ethnicity | % of population | Number of residents |
|
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Hispanic | 0.8 | 705 | ||||||||
Black | 2.3 | 1,956 | ||||||||
Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5 | 392 | ||||||||
Native-American | 2.6 | 2,193 | ||||||||
Other non-white | 0.1 | 72 | ||||||||
Multi-racial | 1.5 | 1,300 | ||||||||
Non-white | 7.8 | 6,618 | ||||||||
White | 92.3 | 78,743 | ||||||||
Total | 85,361 | |||||||||
Home county: Marquette | ||||||||||
Race/ethnicity | % of population | Number of residents |
|
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Hispanic | 0.7 | 444 | ||||||||
Black | 1.3 | 846 | ||||||||
Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5 | 327 | ||||||||
Native-American | 1.5 | 956 | ||||||||
Other non-white | 0.1 | 54 | ||||||||
Multi-racial | 1.2 | 802 | ||||||||
Non-white | 5.3 | 3,429 | ||||||||
White | 94.7 | 61,205 | ||||||||
Total | 64,634 | |||||||||
The home county of this newspaper is Marquette. | ||||||||||
About this report | ||||||||||
This third annual report for the Knight Foundation adds context to an annual survey by the American Society of Newspaper Editors. ASNE has set a goal that | ||||||||||
every newspaper, to help it know its community and gather the news, should employ at least one non-white journalist, and that newspapers should strive to | ||||||||||
employ non-whites in proportion to their share of the community. ASNE's report, at www.asne.org, shows each newspaper's non-white employment, but does | ||||||||||
not disclose how closely that employment mirrors the newspaper's circulation area. | ||||||||||
That gap is filled by the report you are reading now. This report was not done by ASNE, but was done for the Knight Foundation by Bill Dedman and | ||||||||||
Stephen K. Doig. It shows how close each newspaper is to ASNE's goal, by comparing the newsroom staffing with the circulation area population. | ||||||||||
The full report is at www.powerreporting.com/knight. | ||||||||||
Notes and definitions | ||||||||||
1. The Newsroom Diversity Index is the non-white percentage of the newsroom staff divided by the non-white percentage of the circulation area's residents. Parity = 100. | ||||||||||
2. Source for staffing: Survey by American Society of Newspaper Editors, April 2005. Newspapers report non-white staff as of the end of the previous year. | ||||||||||
3. Following ASNE's definition, newsroom staff includes only supervisors, reporters, editors, copy/layout editors and photographers. | ||||||||||
4. Also following ASNE's definition, "whites," "blacks," etc., exclude Hispanics, who are counted in a separate category. | ||||||||||
5. Source for boundaries of this newspaper's circulation area: ZIP Code circulation data, Audit Bureau of Circulations, latest available. | ||||||||||
6. A paper may define its circulation area differently for marketing efforts, or news coverage, or to set advertising rates. | ||||||||||
7. If ZIP Codes or counties are used, this report applies a threshold: 10 percent household penetration is required to include an area in the circulation area. | ||||||||||
8. Source for the demographics of residents of that circulation area: US Census 2000. | ||||||||||
9. Source for total circulation: Editor & Publisher magazine, Monday-Friday average at year-end 2004. | ||||||||||
10. Staff of non-English publications, such as the Miami Herald's El Nuevo Herald, are excluded from the ASNE staffing survey for the first time this year. | ||||||||||
Demographics of ZIP Codes | ||||||||||
where sales were reported by | ||||||||||
The Mining Journal, Marquette | ||||||||||
Note that some ZIP Codes listed here may not have been included in determining the newspaper's circulation area. In calculating the Diversity Index, a | ||||||||||
ZIP Code was included only if the household penetration was at least 10 percent. Any lower-penetration ZIP Codes are also listed here for your information. | ||||||||||
Also, if the newspaper reported more than 300 ZIP Codes, only the top 300 in weekday sales are listed here. | ||||||||||
ZIP / City / State / Approx. distance in miles from the newspaper's home office | Weekday sales | Households | Penetration % (daily sales per 100 households) | Median household income | Non-white % of population |
Hispanic % of population |
Black % of population |
Native % of population |
Asian % of population |
|
49855 / Marquette / MI / 0 mi. | 6,286 | 12,559 | 50.1 | $35,911 | 7.1 | 0.7 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 0.8 | |
49849 / Ishpeming / MI / 15.7 mi. | 3,035 | 5,182 | 58.6 | $36,150 | 2.6 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 0.2 | |
49866 / Negaunee / MI / 8.8 mi. | 1,718 | 3,191 | 53.8 | $36,588 | 2.9 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 0.2 | |
49841 / Gwinn / MI / 16.2 mi. | 986 | 2,284 | 43.2 | $33,079 | 6.6 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 2.1 | 0.6 | |
49862 / Munising / MI / 43.3 mi. | 719 | 1,880 | 38.2 | $38,311 | 14.4 | 0.9 | 7.7 | 3.0 | 0.5 | |
49879 / Republic / MI / 32.9 mi. | 320 | 443 | 72.2 | $27,794 | 3.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 0.0 | |
49868 / Newberry / MI / 90.1 mi. | 283 | 1,948 | 14.5 | $31,533 | 20.3 | 2.1 | 8.8 | 6.0 | 0.4 | |
49885 / Skandia / MI / 14.1 mi. | 269 | 809 | 33.3 | $40,375 | 4.7 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 0.1 | |
49814 / Champion / MI / 22.4 mi. | 239 | 624 | 38.3 | $35,990 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | |
49946 / Lanse / MI / 45.5 mi. | 221 | 1,707 | 12.9 | $33,670 | 16.9 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 13.1 | 0.2 | |
49871 / Palmer / MI / 10.8 mi. | 175 | 179 | 97.8 | $29,375 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 0.2 | |
49816 / Chatham / MI / 33.4 mi. | 141 | 312 | 45.2 | $31,974 | 2.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 0.0 | |
49861 / Michigamme / MI / 31.7 mi. | 125 | 239 | 52.3 | $28,971 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | |
49806 / Au Train / MI / 30 mi. | 104 | 252 | 41.3 | $41,597 | 7.0 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 0.0 | |
49891 / Trenary / MI / 29 mi. | 100 | 422 | 23.7 | $28,641 | 5.3 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 0.3 | |
49854 / Manistique / MI / 55.4 mi. | 98 | 2,765 | 3.5 | $30,606 | 12.5 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 6.1 | 0.5 | |
49808 / Big Bay / MI / 26.7 mi. | 95 | 81 | 117.3 | $30,000 | 5.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.7 | 0.0 | |
49895 / Wetmore / MI / 39.1 mi. | 86 | 263 | 32.7 | $38,750 | 11.5 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 8.3 | 0.0 | |
49801 / Iron Mountain / MI / 52.3 mi. | 68 | 5,170 | 1.3 | $35,495 | 2.7 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.6 | |
49883 / Seney / MI / 63.8 mi. | 57 | 69 | 82.6 | $23,750 | 5.3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | |
49820 / Curtis / MI / 77.6 mi. | 54 | 364 | 14.8 | $27,125 | 6.2 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 3.2 | 0.1 | |
49908 / Baraga / MI / 57.3 mi. | 53 | 1,013 | 5.2 | $32,171 | 36.0 | 1.3 | 13.6 | 15.1 | 0.5 | |
49853 / Mc Millan / MI / 79.7 mi. | 43 | 548 | 7.8 | $34,471 | 5.7 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 2.7 | 0.5 | |
49825 / Eben Junction / MI / 20 mi. | 38 | 91 | 41.8 | $38,750 | 4.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 0.5 | |
49836 / Germfask / MI / 71.7 mi. | 36 | 285 | 12.6 | $26,771 | 7.3 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 5.0 | 0.2 | |
49827 / Engadine / MI / 88.1 mi. | 28 | 411 | 6.8 | $31,250 | 14.3 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 8.0 | 0.1 | |
49833 / Little Lake / MI / 30.5 mi. | 28 | 104 | 26.9 | $27,232 | 3.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.4 | 0.0 | |
49822 / Deerton / MI / 18.5 mi. | 27 | 74 | 36.5 | $34,821 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 0.0 | |
49884 / Shingleton / MI / 45.4 mi. | 24 | 232 | 10.3 | $34,615 | 30.8 | 2.2 | 21.6 | 3.7 | 0.9 | |
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